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Not even gunfire can stop Barney.A kindergarten teacher in Monterrey, Mexico named Martha Rivera Alanis has become a hero after she sang the purple dinosaur's 'If All the Raindrops' while a gang shootout took place outside.

When people tell Steven McCormack he's full of hot air, they're not kidding.The 48-year-old truck driver from New Zealand blew up like a balloon last Saturday after a compressed air hose punctured his rear end, resulting in a massive amount of air hurdling its way into his body.

It's a good thing Arnold Schwarzenegger's recent philandering came to light after he left office because it would have severely hindered his chances at getting re-elected governor of California.A new survey of 12,500 singles from around the world by the online dating site Zoosk has shed li…

A blood test that should be available in Europe by the end of the year could give you a pretty good indication of how fast you are aging and how much longer you will live.The test measures telomeres, structures on the end of each of your chromosomes, which scientists think may hold the key to deter…

An Israeli couple recently named their newborn daughter "Like," as in, the button you press when you enjoy a post on the popular social media site Facebook.This is how the girl's father, Lior Adler, explained the name to the German press agency dpa:"If once people gav…

The Internet photo sensation called "planking," which can be best described as extreme lying down, led to a 20-year-old Australian man plunging to his death while partaking in the fad this weekend, police said.Queensland police said the man fell several stories from a Brisbane high-rise ea…

Cell phones can do many things these days, but you'd be hard-pressed to find one that also satisfies your nicotine craving.Britain's Sun newspaper reports a drunk driver in Russia pulled over by police tried to make a call with a pack of cigarettes he thought was a cell phone.Cops pulled over the wo…

Bello Maasaba is what you might call a ladies' man.Maasaba is an Islamic faith healer in Niger who has married 107 women and fathered a whopping 185 children. Polygamy is common in the African country, but Maasaba's tally is high even by that nation’s standards.

In a bizarre twist, a first-class passenger was arrested this week after he was caught trying to smuggle two panthers, an Asiatic black bear, one macaque monkey and one marmoset in his luggage.According to the Guardian, the suspect, Noor Mahmoodr, was charged with "possessing endangered wildlif…

Up until two years ago, the boys at the Impington Village College in England were allowed to wear shorts during the warmer months, while the girls were allowed to wear skirts.That all changed when a new school policy banned the wearing of shorts at school - a surprising decision, considering that th…

About 30 years ago, Rose Pollard -- now 90 -- was proposed to by her ballroom dancing partner, Forrest Lunway. Instead of saying yes, though, Pollard told Lunway that she'd marry him only after he hit the big 100.